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A modern alternative to Manupatra & SCC Online.
They find case law. Miss Lucy answers in plain English with citations checked against the source, then drafts the bail application, SLP, written statement or agreement and hands it to you as a DOCX or PDF.
Pay as you go from ₹500 — your balance lasts a year, with a free tier to start. No card to try, no subscription, no lock-in.
They help you find case law.
Miss Lucy writes the draft too.
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| Miss Lucy | Manupatra | SCC Online | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Researches and writes your draft | Search the law library | Search the law library |
| Price | Recharge from ₹500 · valid a year | ₹14,250 to ₹55,460 a year, plus GST · Enterprise quote-based (Aug 2026) | AI Pro: per user, per year |
| Free version to try | ✓ 2 free documents + questions | Trial only | Trial only |
| Answers your question in plain English | ✓ With the case & citation | Mostly search results | Mostly search results |
| Writes your filings & contracts | ✓ 20+ formats | No | No |
| Hands you a ready Word / PDF file | ✓ Yes | No | No |
| How much case law it covers | Supreme Court + High Courts | All courts, back to the 1800s | All courts, back to the 1800s |
Miss Lucy writes these for you, as a Word file or a PDF:
The search libraries can't do this.
Read from each company's own pricing pages on 10 August 2026; they change them without notice, so check before you rely on it. Manupatra's range runs from its Starter plan to Premium Full Access — six annual plans published on its subscription-plans page on manupatrafast.in, priced there before GST. The big libraries go deeper on older and lower-court judgments; Miss Lucy covers the Supreme Court and major High Courts, and checks the citations in what she delivers. Manupatra and SCC Online are trademarks of their owners, named here only for comparison.
Bring your research. Keep your citations.
Switching from Manupatra?
Manupatra sells you the searching — a pre-paid card, so much a search. Miss Lucy does the work: ask in plain English, get cited judgments, and draft the bail application, SLP or agreement. Pay as you go from ₹500, balance valid a year.
Try Miss Lucy freeSwitching from SCC Online?
SCC Online is the gold standard for citations — keep it for exactly that. It sells you a seat and a search box; Miss Lucy does the work. Let her handle day-to-day research and draft your filings, ready as DOCX or PDF — pay as you go from ₹500.
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Start free — 2 drafts and unlimited questions, no card needed. Ask the question you'd normally run on Manupatra or SCC Online, and compare the answer.
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